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12347 ／たこまち

Chiba Prefecture 香取郡

Tako Town

A keyhole tomb lies behind the shrine.

Hojozuka Kofun, Matsuzaki Shrine

Photo by 小石川人晃 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Shiikago dance

A "monkey" climbs the 12 m tsugume pole.The monkey mask's box is inscribed Tenmei 1.

According to the prefecture's board of education, at the Gion festival rites of Yasaka Shrine on 25 and 26 July each year, a round pole called the tsugume, 12 m high, is set up south of a special stage. On the 26th, the main festival day, the "monkey" hangs from a crossbar near the top and swings back and forth. The inscription on the box suggests the dance was performed by the mid-Edo period.

12 m tsugume pole
Mask box dated Tenmei 1 (1781)
Prefectural designation 12 Dec 1975

02 ／ Five-ring towers

In a former Tozenji graveyard,seven five-ring towers of the main Chiba line.

Five-ring towers in Tako Town — Photo by Ibaraki101c (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The town says that in the graveyard of the former Tozenji temple stand seven five-ring towers of the main Chiba family, a leading medieval house of the Hokuso area. The largest, on the left as you face them, is said to be that of the 16th head, and the rest those of a family member and his kin and retainers.

Seven five-ring towers
Largest tower on the left
Former Tozenji graveyard

03 ／ Belt fittings

The count of belt tips meansat least 12 ceremonial belts were buried.

According to the prefecture's board of education, Tomb No. 5 at Site No. 3 of the Takodai site group is a square tomb 22.8 m east-west and 20 m north-south, thought to date from the end of the 7th century. Twelve belt tips were found, which the board says means at least 12 ceremonial belts with decorative fittings were buried.

Square tomb, 22.8 m by 20 m
107 artifacts in all
Prefectural designation 14 Mar 2006

Tako Town from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot May 2019 – February 2020)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

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Living here

117 minutes from Tokyo Station by express bus.

about 10,000 people
2 hours to a city centre
Rural district town

There is no railway station in town. According to the town's public transport map (as of 1 April 2026), an express bus runs daily from the Yaesu South Exit of Tokyo Station to Takodai Bus Terminal, and the fastest trip takes 117 minutes. From JR Narita Station, the fastest trip on the JR Bus Kanto Tako Main Line takes 52 minutes.

People living here: 13,735people
Area: 72.8km²
Households: 5,079households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 8 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —1 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Tako Town in Japan35.736°N 140.468°E

to TokyoHighway bus117min
to NaritaLocal bus52min

Travel times follow 町に鉄道の駅は無い（成田鉄道多古線は1946年に廃止）。①高速バス『多古・富里〜東京線』（京成バス千葉イースト・JRバス関東）：事業者の運行時刻表PDF（2026年3月20日IC割引廃止の版。Wayback 2026-03-29 保存）と、町公式『多古町公共交通マップ（時刻表）』PDF（2026年4月1日時点・『毎日運行』・IC利用可）。②路線バス『多古本線（八日市場駅〜多古台バスターミナル〜JR成田駅）』（ジェイアールバス関東）：町公式の同PDF（2026年4月1日時点・『毎日運行』・IC利用可） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Tako Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

12.9km

Katori City, Shibayama Town, Sosa City, Narita City, Yokoshibahikari Town

Tako Town isthis kind of town.

01The board of education says Hojozuka Kofun is a keyhole tomb about 70 m long on the hill behind Matsuzaki Shrine, and several slabs of sericite schist, thought to have been used for the burial chamber, remain in the shrine grounds
02Shiikago dance is an acrobatic performance by a "monkey" atop the 12 m tsugume pole, designated a prefectural intangible folk cultural property and also selected as a national folk cultural property for which records should be made
03In the former Tozenji graveyard stand seven five-ring towers of the main Chiba family, and Tomb No. 5 of the Takodai site group yielded belt fittings for at least 12 ceremonial belts

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Tako Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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